TY  - JOUR
T1  - Supply Networks: Evolution, Challenges and a Literature Review
AU - Safaei, Mehdi AU - Thoben, Klaus Dieter AU - Irgens, Christopher 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 8
IS  - 4
SP  - 229
EP  - 239
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2014.229.239
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2014.229.239
KW  - Supply network
KW  -challenges
KW  -challenges
KW  -strategies
KW  -literature review
AB  - In the current competitive market, manufacturing and productive agencies need 
  to manage and monitor external organizations and resources, as well as internal 
  resources and their organization. The reason is to achieve a competitive advantage 
  with the aim of gaining a greater share of the market. Accordingly, some activities 
  such as supply and demand planning, procurement, production planning, goods 
  maintenance services, inventory control, delivery time and customer service 
  which have already been carried out in the company have moved to the level of 
  Supply Networks (SNs). Key issues in a SN are managing, controlling and coordinating 
  all these activities. Supply Network Management (SNM) is a phenomenon that carries 
  out this issue in such a way that the costumers can receive reliable and fast 
  services with high quality products at the lowest cost (Ayers). In general, 
  a SN consists of 2 or more organizations that are legally separated and are 
  related to each other by material flows, information and financial flows. These 
  organizations could be the agencies that produce the raw materials, components, 
  finished products or services such as distribution, storage, wholesale and retail. 
  Even the final consumer can also be considered as one of these organizations. 
  This study examines the concepts, definitions, general design and problems of 
  SNs. Then the history of the formation of SNs (from the beginning of independent 
  activity of plants and becoming a chain and finally the development towards 
  a SN) is discussed. Finally, the management principles to make the network more 
  efficient, the importance of speed and the accuracy in responding are examined. 
  The purpose of this study is to familiarize the reader with the concept of SNs.
ER  -